Albert Hartwick, Elizabeth Hartwick v. United States Steel Corporation

WILLIAM E. MILLER, Circuit Judge.

This is a negligence action against United States Steel Corporation arising from the injury of Albert Hartwick, the appellant, 1 while he was foreman for the C-Way Construction Company. The United States Army Corps of Engineers had contracted with C-Way, appellant’s employer, for the construction of a lock on the Crooked River near Alanson, Michigan. The appellant was in charge of the steel pile driving crews.

In order to construct the lock it was necessary first to divert the river and to fill the river bed with gravel. Two cells, each 15 feet wide and 80 feet…